The photo at the top of this blog was taken on March 27, 2008 in the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument in beautiful Southern Utah.

Every year we take many hiking, camping, and backpacking trips and sometimes we make a long trip (about 3 weeks) across the country in our car. This is in addition to the few travel events we take by plane to visit family on the east coast. The advent and development of digital photography and technology has permitted us to take and download (to our laptops) our photo archives as we travel and share our photos worldwide with all our friends and family.

Welcome to Western Back Country established to be an informative source for those who enjoy camping, hiking, exploration and appreciate the beauty and history of the west. This site is established to be an information source depicting images, maps and information about this country's National Parks & Monuments, National Forests & Wilderness Area […]

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Guest contributor Kirsten Gallagher has been sharing tales from her recent Guatemalan adventures over the last few weeks. From practicing yoga in Lago Atitlán to hiking up an active volcano in Antigua, Kirsten is obviously a big fan of active travel. Today, she’s telling us about her most recent adventure, which included hiking in Guatemala […] […]